1893: Charm Strings started n Tennessee at camp meetings as silk cords hanging from trees strung with small items like buttons in memory of various events. The tradition took a bizarre urn in Erath County ; instead of silk, grapevines were strung with cow bells, gourds, tin buckets, barrels, and even boxes. “When the wind would blow, these charm strings would whirl and rattle, the noise frightening horses.” Public opinion turned against thee nuisances, which were often let along roads, and the custom faded. Waco Examiner

1912: After dark, H.C. Barron encountered a white dog on a Stephenville street. When he reached to pet the dog, his hand passed through as if the dog weren’t there: “My legs are always willing to obey in emergences of this kind, and they responded so promptly that I was carried home with express speed toward home.” Stephenville Tribune